Kaze o itami kuyuru keburi no tachiidete mo nao korizuma no ura zo koishiki - Gosen Wakashu(English Translation & Meaning)

風をいたみくゆる煙の立ち出でても
なほこりずまのうらぞ恋しき

Roma-ji: Kaze o itami kuyuru keburi no tachiidete mo nao korizuma no ura zo koishiki
English Translation: The wind is so fierce
that the smoldering smoke
is driven away—
yet still, unchastened, I long
for Suma Bay, with all my heart
Meaning: Though I was driven out, like smoldering smoke blown off by a fierce wind, I still, undeterred, long for Suma Bay—I long for her with all my heart.
Commentary: Book Twelve Love Poems IV 865

Headnote: "He had been secretly visiting someone's daughter, but when her parents heard of it they scolded him severely, so he sent this after returning home."
The poet says that though he has come away like smoldering smoke driven off by a fierce wind, he still, undeterred, longs for Suma Bay. Likening himself, driven out under the parents' harsh reproach, to the smoke of salt fires on Suma Bay, he sings of a heart that still loves without learning its lesson.
According to the headnote, he had been visiting a certain person's daughter in secret, but her parents heard of it and scolded him severely, so he sent this poem after returning home. 854 and 858 in this book are likewise poems composed when parents stood in the way of love.
The poet, listed as "Tsurayuki," was Ki no Tsurayuki. A son of Ki no Mochiyuki, he was the chief compiler of the Kokin Wakashū and wrote its Japanese preface. He is also known as the author of the Tosa Diary.

The first line, "Kaze o itami," means "because the wind is fierce," with "o ... mi" expressing cause.
The second line, "kuyuru keburi no," means "the smoldering smoke," calling to mind the smoke of salt fires at Suma Bay. 851 in this book also places "kuyuru" in its last line.
The third line, "tachiidete mo," means "even rising and leaving," layering the rising smoke with his own departure from the girl's house.
The fourth line, "nao korizuma no," means "still, unchastened," with "korizuma" joining "korizu," undeterred, and the place name Suma. It is the same pivot word as "korizuma no," the first line of 800 in this book.
The last line, "ura zo koishiki," means "I long for the bay," with "ura" meaning both the "bay" of Suma and "ura," the heart. "Zo" is an emphatic binding particle closed by the attributive "koishiki."
Author: Ki no Tsurayuki
Source: Gosen Wakashu
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